MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.08,-93.88 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -93.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 64 SFC 989 164 22.3 21.8 97 0.5 21.9 226 3 296.4 299.4 295.5 344.9 16.83 2 950 510 20.4 20.2 98 0.3 20.2 217 10 297.9 300.8 295.2 343.8 15.83 3 900 977 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.0 226 13 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.8 14.56 4 850 1466 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 230 14 302.6 305.1 294.7 341.8 13.23 5 800 1980 13.0 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 237 15 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.0 11.72 6 750 2521 10.2 10.0 99 0.1 10.0 246 17 307.6 309.5 294.0 338.9 10.34 7 700 3093 7.3 7.1 99 0.2 7.2 250 19 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.5 9.11 8 650 3701 4.2 4.0 99 0.1 4.1 250 23 313.7 315.2 293.9 338.2 7.87 9 600 4348 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 248 26 316.2 317.5 293.4 336.2 6.31 10 550 5042 -3.5 -3.8 98 0.3 -3.7 247 30 319.9 320.9 293.6 336.9 5.26 11 500 5790 -7.6 -8.2 96 0.5 -7.9 244 34 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.4 4.14 12 450 6604 -12.2 -13.1 93 0.9 -12.6 241 39 327.9 328.5 293.9 338.4 3.09 13 400 7495 -18.0 -19.5 88 1.5 -18.5 240 44 331.6 332.0 294.0 338.7 2.03 14 350 8478 -25.3 -27.4 82 2.1 -25.8 238 50 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.9 1.15 15 300 9577 -34.1 -36.7 77 2.6 -34.4 237 56 337.3 337.4 294.2 339.4 0.55 16 250 10826 -44.7 -47.9 70 3.2 -44.9 238 62 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12278 -54.2 -60.6 45 6.5 -54.4 257 69 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.05 18 150 14096 -61.4 -80.3 6 18.9 -61.6 264 55 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16559 -71.2 -86.6 8 15.5 -71.2 256 38 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.69 m Freezing level: 598.47 mb = 4369.35 m = 14334.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.47 mb = 4341.80 m = 14244.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.76 mb = 224.50 m = 736.55 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.69 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.86 mb = 685.71 m = 2249.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 38.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 734.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.65 mb = 650.66 m = 2134.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.65 mb = 790.34 m = 2592.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.65 mb = 11668.58 m = 38282.27 ft B at Equ Level: 727.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.65 mb = 14110.43 m = 46293.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 25.49 Bulk Shear: 28.83 m/s